The Russian Empire Just Being The Russian Empire: 800s to Present
“On se flatterait en vain de connaitre la Russie actuelle, si l’on ne remontait plus haut dans son histoire.”—Le Pere …
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Winter Storm Riley Hits The US Northeast; Emma Hits Ireland And Britain; Nuclear Power Stations At Risk in The US And Britain
US nuclear power stations (orange skulls) and Winter Storm Riley (late Friday or early Saturday), below. The US NRC used …
Weird Long Distance Earthquake Impacts – Seismic Seiche (Sloshing)
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Earthquake induced seiches are interesting because of the risks to nuclear spent fuel pools, and because…
Poster Child For Faulty US Immigration Policy – Trump Should Be Banished To His Maternal Island In The UK (Which Once Belonged To Norway)
No this isn’t Trump’s sister, it is him with Norwegian PM Erna Solberg, January 10, 2018 (WH Photo by D. …
America’s Upside Down Immigration Policy – A Million Immigrants Per Year For No Reason; The Needy Excluded: US Pulls Out of UN Migrant and Refugee Pact
Trump’s mother immigrated to the USA in May of 1930, after the 1929 crash, when unemployment had already risen to …
BiFab Jobs and Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Saved
News from the Scottish Government: “BiFab closure threat lifted 18/11/17 16:49 Deal reached to prevent administration An agreement has been …
Scotland On Track For Record Renewable Energy Year; Why Are Scottish BiFab Wind Energy Jobs In Danger? #BattleforBiFab
Is it just a weird coincidence that this happened during the Climate Conference? Or is it a backdoor attempt to …
Catalonia Calm Before Storm?
“Attacks on journalists and Catalan police reported during anti-independence demonstrations, Incidents also include intimidation of transport workers and damage of …
We Need Better Principles On Who Has The Right To Self-Determination And How
From British Politics and Policy at London School of Economics: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/10/09/the-lesson-from-catalonia-we-need-better-principles-on-who-has-the-right-to-self-determination-and-how/ “We need better principles on who has the right …
Scotland Announces Indefinite Moratorium on Fracking: “The People Have Spoken”
From CommonSpace – http://www.commonspace.scot: “The people have spoken”: Fracking banned by Scottish Government 3rd October 2017 , 17:35pm, by Caitlin Logan Fracking …
Major NATO Air and Missile Defence Exercise Starts Off Scotland
“For the first time, an exercise in the European theatre will include a no-notice launch of ballistic and air defence …
Anthropogenic Earthquakes in the UK
Anthropogenic earthquakes in the UK: A national baseline prior to shale exploitation Wilson et. al. Marine and Petroleum Geology 68 …
Were UK Nuclear Managers-UK Parliament Really Hacked Or Was It Leaks By Foreign Contractors?
Certainly they may have been hacked. However, reading through the information below it appears clear that there are plenty of …
Dangerous Cargo of Radioactive Trash Flying from Scotland to South Carolina
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Toxic cargo of nuclear waste leaves Scotland for US under armed guard https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/toxic-cargo-of-nuclear-waste-leaves-for-us/ Jim Lawson, 04 June 2017 AN…
Why Crimea-Ukraine is Scottish, Not Russian: Move Over Vladimir, Here Come the Scythians
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Vladimir Putin, who appears to fancy himself as some nationalist reincarnation of Vladimir Lenin mit Vladimir…
Ethics Groups Send Letter to US Attorney Preet Bharara Requesting Investigation of Trump; Within Days Preet was Fired Along with 45 Other US Attorneys
Inside one of Trump’s Twin Towers in Istanbul, Turkey. Trump Tower 5th Ave. Last Wednesday, March 8th, several NGOs sent …
Is Sen. Angus King’s Exxon Mobil Stock Why He is Supporting Former Exxon Mobil CEO Tillerson for Sec. of State? Need for Recusal!
Although there is no data listed for 2016, from 2011 to 2014 Angus King owned Exxon Mobil stock, according to …
Tillerson Supporter Henry Kissinger Undermined US Congressional Sanctions as Secretary of State – Should Serve as a Warning, especially as Tillerson has Undermined US Sanctions and possibly violated the law as Exxon Mobil CEO
“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer“, said then US Sec. of State, and now Putin …
Sec. of State Nominee Tillerson Personal Donations to Senate Republicans – Senate Republicans Should Recuse Themselves From Voting!
Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson has not yet been approved as Secretary of State, though his nomination passed before …
Seaweed Has Again Blocked Cooling and Shut down Scottish Nuclear Power Station
Torness Nuclear Power Station is around 30 miles from Edinburgh. According to French State owned EDF, owner-operator of the UK’s …
Luxembourg-EU’s Juncker Proves Why Trump’s Right About NATO; Does “Mal Léché” Juncker Think Americans are his Serfs?
Luxembourg-EU’s Juncker is an arrogant “smart” one isn’t he? Thinks he’s going to get his way by calling Trump stupid …
UK Navy Nuclear Sub Hits Fishing Boat; Drags It Across Irish Sea: “Joint Warrior” Training for “Complex” Environments
“Eighteen months ago, the actions of the command team of a Royal Navy submarine placed the lives of the crew …
Shipments of Nuclear Waste Through Hurricane Prone Atlantic to Charleston SC Almost Monthly?
The German government wants to send 30 shipments of spent nuclear fuel from its Ahaus storage facility as well as …
Mhairi Black MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South on the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent
Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Passes HMS Dragon Returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley,_Renfrewshire “House of Commons Hansard: UK’s Nuclear Deterrent …
Building to Start on New Nuclear Submarines as UK Government Announces £1.3 billion Investment
“Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune) primarily sited at Faslane is one of three operating bases …
UK Nuclear Weapons and Waste Convoys Imperil Scotland
According to a new report by Rob Edwards, a nuclear convoy accident in the centre of Glasgow would put approximately …
Celtic Union of Renewable Energy Launched By Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland
Pelamis Prototype machine at EMEC, Orkney, Scotland, 2007 From CommonSpace Scot: “Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland launch a celtic union …
UK Nuclear Submarine HMS Ambush: Smashing Collision With Merchant Vessel
“UK Nuclear Submarine HMS Ambush Collides With Merchant Vessel By: Sam LaGrone, July 20, 2016 4:37 PM • Updated: July …
FOE Scotland : Tell Prime Minister May to Stop Hinkley, Invest in Renewables Instead
From Friends of the Earth (FOE), Scotland: “Prime Minister: Stop Hinkley, invest in renewables instead” “In a startling move the …
Groups Slam Plan to Stack Shipping Containers of Nuclear Waste Ever Higher Beside the Irish Sea Near Drigg
Note stacking; proximity to the Irish Sea; rust; pooling water. It is in the rainiest part of England: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2015/dec/09/cumbria-is-the-wettest-part-of-england-dont-scrimp-on-flood-defences This …
What Radionuclides are at Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Near the Irish Sea? Many Still Lethal After Natural Erosion Expected to Undermine It (Still Time to Oppose Drigg-Decision 15th July)
Information on how to oppose Drigg found here: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ For the LLWR-Drigg, “radionuclides included within the radiological assessment for the …
Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Menaced By Coastal Erosion: Foreign Companies Profit; UK Taxpayer Holds Liability (Still Time to Oppose-Decision 15th July)
For information on how to oppose Drigg see: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ “The Low Level [Radioactive] Waste Repository (LLWR) is situated near to …
University of Glasgow Undermines Long Proud History by its Apparent Stifling of Dissent
Founded in 1451, University of Glasgow at 199 years in 1650 “The recent comprehensive study by Chernov and Sornette (2016) …
Accumulation of Sellafield-derived Radioactive Carbon (14C) in Irish Sea and West of Scotland Intertidal Shells and Sediments
Introduction-Background Anyone who was a serious student of biological sciences is immediately alarmed to learn that nuclear reactors routinely emit …
Tens of Thousands Join UK Anti-Nuke Demo Billed as Biggest in Generation
From CommonDreams.org: “Tens of Thousands Join UK Anti-Nuke Demo Billed as Biggest in Generation by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer ‘We …
Scrapping Trident and Transitioning to a Nuclear-Free World
From CommonDreams.org: “Scrapping Trident and Transitioning to a Nuclear-Free World As the illicit trade in nuclear weapons escalates alongside the …
Trump Reminds GOP of Bush’s 9/11 Failure and Iraq War Lies
Image from: http://www.c-span.org/video/?404517-1/donald-trump-primary-night-speech From CommonDreams.org: “Published on Sunday, February 14, 2016 Trump Booed for Reminding GOP of Bush’s 9/11 Failure …
Risk of Uncontrolled Nuclear Reactions (i.e. Criticality Events) in Water Saturated Deeply Buried Nuclear Waste
In “Conditions for criticality by uranium deposition in water-saturated geological formations“, Xudong Liu; Joonhong Ahn of the Dept of Nuclear …
Multiple Failures; Dependence Upon External Grid Led to Near-Miss at Scottish Nuclear Power Station
The electrical grid, sheep at Hunterston B – about 30 miles, 50 km, from Glasgow, Scotland. Dependence upon external sources …
Willie McRae Death, Nuclear Waste Dumping in Scotland, Group Continues to Call for Inquiry
Loch Doon area sheep Mullwharchar Loch Doon which the late Willie McRae helped save from becoming a nuclear waste dump …
UK Nuclear Offshore Pipeline Test Drilling will Churn Up Old Nuclear Waste; Operation will Add More Nuclear Waste to Irish Sea-Ocean: Write to Oppose by Feb. 12th
NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) wants to build three nuclear reactors (Moorside) near Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria UK. NuGen is a …
Total E&P UK Ltd Received Record Fine Following Largest Ever North Sea Gas Release
location via Wikipedia “On 25 March 2012, a gas leak occurred at the Elgin platform resulting in a shut down …
Biological Consequences of Nuclear Disasters: From Chernobyl to Fukushima
Slides from Mousseau’s May 2014 presentation at the US Library of Congress: “Biological Consequences of Nuclear Disasters: From Chernobyl to …
100% Renewable Energy by 2050? Why wait?
The ancestor of this Spanish solar power station was US DOE (taxpayer funded) Solar One, part of Jimmy Carter’s push …
American Inventor of Failed Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor Design Became Solar Expert by 1950s
Farrington Daniels (March 8, 1889 – June 23, 1972) The Nuclear Pebble Bed Reactor concept was invented by an American …
Obama’s Nuclear “Climate Change” Plan Proves Carter’s Unlimited Political Bribery Point
Candidate Obama said: “I don’t think there’s anything that we inevitably dislike about Nuclear Power. We just dislike the fact …
UK Parliamentarian (1968): Why is Germany Better Off Financially than the UK when Germany lost the War?
“How does the Prime Minister explain that West Germany, although she lost the war, is lending us money and is …
The US-Germany Nuclear Proliferation Risk Con Game
The US government is spending billions in the name of so-called non-proliferation, which appears simply a costly excuse to take …
The Desire of the Nuclear Industry to Bury Nuclear Waste: Deadly Rip-off
Depleted Uranium in cheap, rusty, oil drums, en route to Utah. Apparently they will be buried like this. If not, …
Might You be Forced to be a Nuclear Worker? Snatched from a Cinema to Fight a Nuclear Fire?
As we’ve recently discussed, Savannah River Nuclear Site is one of the top “welfare to work” employers for several South …
